List Index Search

Question

I have a List item

List xmlValue = new List();

In this I have Item {\"English\",\"Spanish\",\"French\",\

Answer 1

I'd opt against using the LINQ extension methods in this case and use an "old-fashioned" loop:

string search = "English";

var foundIndices = new List(xmlValue.Count);
for (int i = 0; i < xmlValue.Count; i++) {
    if (xmlValue[i] == search) {
        foundIndices.Add(i);
    }
}

It's simply more readable like this in my opinion; also, the foundIndices list never holds any unwanted values.